Windows 8 comes with two types of applications, first the desktop ones which many of us are using for years now. But with the advent of windows 8, Microsoft has introduced Modern Apps which were previously known as Metro Apps. Designed specifically for touch screen devices and tablets, these apps are somewhat different from their counter
Title of this post may be a bit confusing for you if you don’t know what multiple instances mean. In the previous versions of Windows when you launched anything from start screen, a new window used to open when you try to run same application multiple time. For example if you want to run Internet Explorer from start menu in earlier
User Account Control (UAC) is one of those things introduced by Microsoft that are helpful in one sense but then in the other they are completely annoying. This security infrastructure was implemented after Windows Vista, allowing you to monitor the launch of non-native applications. Most of the windows users simply keep it disabled as you
Windows 8 has this built-in feature of delaying the launch of apps as the windows boots i.e. start-up apps. Desktop applications, shortcuts or start menu folders, all are launched with a delay of few seconds as the windows starts. This was introduced first time in Windows 8 probably because it was launched for both desktop as well as
By default Microsoft does not allow Windows 8 users to pin modern metro apps to task bar or desktop. This is one of the most missed features in Windows 8 and many among us would love to see it happen actually. Or sometimes users may want to add their own custom tiles to the Start Screen without installing anything. There are many
A windows 8 user has to get familiar with closing metro style apps, as you don’t get any conventional cross/maximize/minimize buttons. To close a metro style app, you have to drag it with your mouse from top towards bottom. This distance needed to be dragged from top edge to bottom can be changed and set it as per your
If you do not like your start screen animations or are on a slow computer but want your PC to response effectively then you can disable windows start screen animations. This will help not only in fast booting up plus also quick UI response. You don’t have to install anything, everything is already there in your windows. Simply follow
Just like the previous versions of Windows, the automatic cycling of wallpapers can be done in Windows 8 as well. All you need to do is to place your wallpapers in one folder and place it somewhere safe so that you may not rename it or delete it by accident. To make wallpapers change automatically in Windows 8, follow these steps. Step
Synaptic Gesture Suite incorporates many useful features for users to interact with their machines via touchpads. Out of the many features offered - the most important, at least to me, is Chiral Scrolling. As the official description says: “Place one finger on the “target” zone (the right side of the TouchPad to scroll up or
Windows 8 by default allows you to pin programs and applications to your start screen. But this pinning is limited to executable files (.exe), management console (.msc), shortcuts, folders. But with a simple registry tweak you can enable this option for any object, be it a picture or a document, or a saved page. You can pin anything to
